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Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist
Margaret Morse Nice
American ethologist and ornithologist
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
British ethologist
Nikolaas Tinbergen
Dutch zoologist

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greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)
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Mushrooms growing in forest. (vegetable; fungus; mushroom; macrofungi; epigeous)
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greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)
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